Selected NWORTH Publications 2012

"To disseminate and promote the implementation of rigorous and relevant trials"

Delay in discharge and its impact on unnecessary hospital bed occupancy

Muhammad Umair Majeed, Dean Thomas Williams, Rachel Pollock, Farhat Amir, Martin Liam,
Keen S Foong, Chris J Whitaker

Majeed et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:410
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/410

Attachment representations in people with dementia and their carers: Implications for well-being within the dyad

Sharon M. Nelis, Linda Clare & Christopher J. Whitaker

Aging & Mental Health

Volume 16, Issue 7, 2012

AwareCare: Development and validation of an observational measure of awareness in people with severe dementia

Linda Clare,  Rhiannon Whitaker,  Catherine Quinn, Hannah Jelley, Zoe Hoare, Bob Woods Murna Downs, Barbara Wilson

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: An International Journal

Volume 22, Issue 1, 2012

Self-concept in early stage dementia: profile, course, correlates, predictors and implications for quality of life. 

Linda Clare, Christopher J. Whitaker, Sharon M. Nelis, Anthony Martyr, Ivana S. Markova, Ilona Roth, Robert T. Woods and Robin G. Morris. 

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Jul 6. doi: 10.1002/gps.3852. [Epub ahead of print]

‘She might have what I have got’: The potential utility of vignettes as an indirect measure of awareness in early-stage dementia. 

Linda Clare, Sharon M. Nelis, Anthony Martyr , Christopher J. Whitaker, Ivana S. Marková , Ilona Roth, Robert T. Woods &  Robin G. Morris. 

Aging & Mental Health Vol. 16, No. 5, July 2012, 566–575.

Mortality in Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses: Data from Two Cohorts, 1875-1924 & 1994-2010. 

David Healy, Joanna Le Noury, Margaret Harris, Mohammed Butt, Stefanie Linden, Chris Whitaker, Lu Zou and Anthony P Roberts. 

BMJ Open 2012;2:e001810 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001810

Data recording aids in acute admissions. 

Dean Thomas Williams, David Hoare, Guy Shingler, Charlie Fairweather and Christopher Whitaker. 

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 26(1).

The incredible years therapeutic social and emotional skills programme: A pilot study.

Judy Hutchings, Tracey Bywater, Nicole Gridley, Christopher J. Whitaker, Pam Martin-Forbes and Stella Gruffydd. 

School Psychology International 33(3) 285–293

Behaviour change to promote health and well-being in later life: the AgeWell study.   

Linda Clare, John V Hindle, Ian R Jones, Jeanette M Thom, Sharon M Nelis, Barry Hounsome and Christopher J Whitaker

Trials.  2012; 13: 115

Marital Relationship Quality in Early-Stage Dementia Perspectives from People with Dementia and Their Spouses.

Linda Clare, Sharon M. Nelis, Christopher J. Whitaker, Anthony Martyr, Ivana S. Markova, Ilona Roth, Robert T. Woods, J and Robin G. Morris. 

Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2012;26:148–158

Longitudinal Trajectories of Awareness in Early-stage Dementia. 

Linda Clare, Sharon M. Nelis, Anthony Martyr, Christopher J. Whitaker, Ivana S. Markova´, Ilona Roth,  Robert T. Woods and Robin G. Morris. 

Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2012;26:140–147

Individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for dementia (iCST): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 

Orrell M, Yates LA, Burns A, Russell I, Woods RT, Hoare Z, Moniz-Cook E, Henderson C, Knapp M, Spector A, Orgeta V

Trials 2012, 13:172 (22 September 2012)

The influence of psychological, social and contextual factors on the expression and measurement of awareness in early-stage dementia: testing a biopsychosocial model.

Clare L, Nelis SM, Martyr A, Roberts J, Whitaker CJ, Markova IS, Roth I, Woods RT, Morris RG

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2012 Feb;27(2):167-77. doi: 10.1002/gps.2705. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

The incidence of admissions for schizophrenia and related psychoses in two cohorts: 1875–1924 and 1994–2010.

David Healy, Joanna Le Noury, Stefanie Caroline Linden, Margaret Harris, Chris Whitaker, David Linden, Darren Baker, Anthony P Roberts

BMJ Open 2012;2:e000447 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000447

The AgeWell study of behavior change to promote health and wellbeing in later life: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. 

Linda Clare, John V Hindle, Ian R Jones, Jeanette M Thom, Sharon M Nelis, Barry Hounsome and Christopher J Whitaker

Trials 2012, 13:115 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-115

Improvements in Maternal Depression as a Mediator of Child Behaviour Change.

Judy Hutchings, Tracey Bywater, Margiad Elen Williams, Eleanor Lane & Christopher J Whitaker. 

Psychology Vol 3 special issue 795-801 Sept 2012

Enhancing rigour in the validation of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs): bridging linguistic and psychometric testing.

Gwerfyl Roberts, Seren Roberts, Richard Tranter, Rhiannon Whitaker, Emma Bedson, Siobhan Tranter, Delyth Prys, Heledd Owen and

Yvonne Sylvestre

Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2012 Jun 8;10:64

Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) in practice: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Amy Streater, Aimee Spector, Elisa Aguirre, Juanita Hoe, Zoe Hoare, Robert Woods, Ian Russell and Martin Orrell

Trials. 2012 Jun 26;13(1):91. [Epub ahead of print] Trials 2012, 13:91 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-91

Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia (Review)

Woods B, Aguirre E, Spector AE, Orrell M

Cochrane Review

Pain relief - a first-line response to agitation in dementia?

Bob Woods & Esme Moniz-Cook

Nat.Nev.Neurol 8, 7-8(2012)

Should we use individual cognitive stimulation therapy to improve cognitive function in people with dementia?

Martin Orrell, Bob Woods, Aimee Spector

BMJ 2012;344e633doi:10.1136/bmj.e633

The incidence of admissions for schizophrenia and related psychoses in two cohorts: 1875–1924 and 1994–2010

David Healey, Joanna LeNoury, Stefanie Caroline Linden, Margaret Harris, Chris Whitaker, David Linden, Darren Baker, Anthony P Roberts

Letter fluency and awareness of functional deficits in people with early-stage dementia

Anthony Martyr, Linda Clare, Sharon M. Nelis, Ilona Roth, Ivana S. Markova, Robert T. Woods, Christopher J. Whitaker and Robin G. Morris

The Journal of Clinical Neuropsychologist

Longitudinal trajectories of awareness in early-stage dementia

Linda Clare, Sharon M Nelis, Anthony Martyr, Christopher J Whitaker, Ivana S Marková, Ilona Roth, Robert T Woods & Robin G Morris

Alzheimers Disease and Associated Disorders Journal (in press) 2012